{"id":78,"date":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","slug":"home-prices-fuel-record-affordability-gains-but-relief-remains-elusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/home-prices-fuel-record-affordability-gains-but-relief-remains-elusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Home prices fuel record affordability gains, but relief remains elusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Even with home prices easing for the tenth straight quarter as of Q2 2026, true relief for Canadian homebuyers is still hard to come by. The national affordability index has dropped by 11.4 points since Q4 2023\u2014a significant shift, and one we\u2019re paying close attention to here at Girls on the Go Real Estate. Yet, affordability is still below what we&#039;ve seen in years past, and the Medicine Hat area continues to reflect its own unique trends. As always, we\u2019re committed to keeping you informed with the latest data and insights to help you navigate these market changes, whether you&#039;re buying or selling in Medicine Hat, Dunmore, Redcliff, or surrounding communities. Count on us to provide up-to-date market information, so you\u2019re empowered to make confident decisions in any real estate climate.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/ca\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/home-prices-fuel-record-affordability-gains-but-relief-remains-elusive\/586404\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with home prices easing for the tenth straight quarter as of Q2 2026, true relief for Canadian homebuyers is still hard to come by. The national affordability index has dropped by 11.4 points since Q4 2023\u2014a significant shift, and one we\u2019re paying close attention to here at Girls on the Go Real Estate. Yet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.girlsonthegorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}